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Scope is developed by Sonic Core based in Germany. The company was originally called Creamware before the name change.

Scope is a DSP based system combing a hardware interface with a software environment offering a wide range of applications with a core modular paradigm behind it - both in the hardware configuration and in the user experience. Scope is:
- A audio and midi interface with extensive i/o configurations
- A virtual headquarters for your studio
- A sound design playground with mixers, synths, effects and a modular synthesis engine.

The PCI family requires actual original PCI slots on your motherboard, NOT PCIe. Users have reported various levels of success with PCI to PCIe adaptors but this has never been officially supported by Sonic Core and use of these is subject to your own experimentation. There were other configurations and other nicknames for the cards such as Power Pulsar and Elektra for example. These usually reffered to the Software bundled with the card at the time and those names are no longer in use. What is important to look for on each card is the number of physical DSP chips. There is also a version of the cards that is built to be used purely as an add-on card and has no i/o of its own - these were called "SRB". You can stack up to 3 cards from the PCI family and the software will recognize them as one system. In order to stack cards you will need STDM cables. People that sell multiple card setups will often include these cables, or you can find info on how to make your own here:http://www.hitfoundry.com/issue_10/stm_mast.htm

For the PCI family there are different i/o configurations. For 4 dsp cards and above two i/o whips are available - one that utilizes RCA connections for the analog ins and outs, and one that utilizes XLR connections. The exception is the 3dsp card that does not have a whip and uses stereo PL cables for the analog i/o.

The PCI family is no longer produced and can only be found second-hand.

Xite
The Xite family is a newer itteration of the technology, utilizing an external hardware unit that connects to a desktop or laptop computer with a PCIe interface. Xite Comes in 2 versions. Xite-1 and Xite-1D. The 1 is the full version while the 1D has a bit less power.

In the past a number of other products have been released, under the "Creamware" brand name that utilize Scope technology:ASB Boxes Range - Desktop module hardware versions of some of Scope's best synthsNoah and Klangbox - DSP modules with Scope plugins meant to be used without a computer.A16 Range of ADAT interfaces - 16 i/o ADAT boxes.Luna Box - 8 i/o boxes built to be used specifically with the Luna cards.
--- All the hardware synths are discountinued
--- the ADAT box's evolution is being produced by Ferrofishhttp://www.ferrofish.de/

Software:

The main software environment is called Scope Fusion Platform or for short just Scope or SFP. In order to run Scope on Win7 and above you will need version 5 and above.

An additional software environment called Scope SDK is available to developers producing 3rd party devices for the platform. There are many free devices as well as many devices for sale.

Scope will run in 32 or 64 bits. 32 bits has no major known issues. In 64 bits there are at the time two known core issues - the wave destination drivers are buggy, and the STS line of samplers as well as sampler modules in the modular environment do not work. You need to install the same bit version as your operation system.